Transcript of "LINK"

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What are you missing? “Impact of Technology” <ul><li>220,141,969 Internet users as of June/08, 72.5% of the population, according to Nielsen//NetRatings . </li></ul><ul><li>73% of online users read a blog </li></ul><ul><li>53% join social networks </li></ul><ul><li>45% have started a blog </li></ul><ul><li>83% have viewed a video online </li></ul><ul><li>39% subscribe to RSS feeds </li></ul><ul><li>36% think more positively about companies that have blogs </li></ul>

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Did you know? <ul><li>More than 1000 health-harming chemicals used in electronic products. </li></ul><ul><li>The rapidly growing carbon footprint associated with information and communications technologies, including laptops and PCs, data centers, computing networks, mobile phones, and telecommunications networks, could make them among the biggest greenhouse gas emitters by 2020. </li></ul>

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Did you know? <ul><li>Each year, we scrap 400 million units of electronics in the US. </li></ul><ul><li>In 2008, Americans bought an estimated 32 million digital TVs and 302 million computers. </li></ul><ul><li>CRT Monitors and TVs contain between four to eight pounds of lead per unit. </li></ul><ul><li>The EPA estimates that in 2005, the U.S. generated 2.63 million tons of e-waste but only 12.5% of that was collected for recycling. </li></ul>

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Circle of Poison E-waste to China and Back <ul><li>A large portion of e-waste in U.S. is not recycled here – it is shipped to developing countries </li></ul><ul><li>In one e-waste processing region of China </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Over 80% of children have lead poisoning </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Water is unsafe to drink </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Workers have very high levels of toxins in their bodies </li></ul></ul><ul><li>Metals recovered from e-waste recycling have high levels of lead </li></ul><ul><li>Those metals are used to make jewelry which is shipped back to the U.S. for sale </li></ul><ul><li>Much of this jewelry is made for children </li></ul>

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Reduction of Power Consumption <ul><li>More efficient power supplies, batteries and equipment </li></ul><ul><li>Better system power management (shutting down systems and components when not used) </li></ul><ul><li>Better optimization of systems and equipment </li></ul><ul><li>Alternative method of thinking via new technologies </li></ul>

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Reduction of Power Consumption <ul><li>CSUF has implemented a workstation power saving method – automated stand-by policy </li></ul><ul><li>Faculty/Staff systems go on stand-by after 60 minutes of inactivity. </li></ul><ul><li>Resulted in a decrease of about 50% from normal scenario. </li></ul>

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Green Data Center <ul><li>As of 2006, the electricity use attributable to the nation’s servers and data centers was 61 billion kilowatt hours(kwh) or 1.5 percent of total U.S. electricity consumption. </li></ul><ul><li>Data Center electricity usage doubles every 9-24 months. </li></ul><ul><li>IDC estimates that more than 20 million servers are underutilized, each one emitting 4 tons of carbon dioxide annually. </li></ul>